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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The wonder of light has fascinated readers for ages. Walter Wick's mesmerizing photographs paired with simple yet fascinating text and scientific observations help readers understand the secrets and complexity of light. You will learn what light is made of and how it fits alongside everything else in the world. Walter introduces readers into the mystery behind incandescence, light waves, the color spectrum and iridescence as well how we perceive...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"By an experimental physicist who works on the Large Hadron Collider, a mind-altering look at the foundational questions bedeviling modern physics, among them: Where does matter come from? Carl Sagan famously said, "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." But what fundamental matter is the universe made of? What banged in the Big Bang? And how did that matter arise from nothing into the world we now know?...
7) Marvelous makeable monsters: 21 STEAM projects that light up, buzz, launch, and occasionally chomp
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Language
English
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Description
Experiment, learn, and imagine as you make the 20+ spinning, swimming, flying, and lurking creatures of Marvelous Makeable Monsters. What can a makeable monster do? They motor, inflate; wobble, drool, soar, and one of them can even do push-ups. Add a pair of wings, subtract a tentacle...the best thing about these monsters is that they're part experiment, part imagination, and 100 percent customizable. Author Sam Haynor draws on his experience with...
8) Weight
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Explains to the reader about mathematical weight."--
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Language
English
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The sun is a source of energy for living things. Energy that comes from sunshine is called solar energy. But how does solar energy work? And how can we use solar energy to not only stay on the cutting-edge of technology, but to help keep the environment healthy? Read and find out about solar roads that light up when there's danger ahead, like a moose on the road-and did you know that someday tiny solar chips placed in someone's eyes could help a blind...
10) Fisica cuantica
Author
Series
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Discover the mysteries of science with Future Geniuses! ? Why is Valentina's cat Plank not able to catch the laser pointer light? ? Come along with Valentina and Plank in the world of miniscule to discover the wonders of the quantum world! ? Future Geniuses is a collection that will help families spend a lot of time reading and learning together. Through simple and fun illustrations, Carlos Pazos, a popular scientist known for his blog "Mola...
Author
Series
Newton and Curie volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Newton the squirrel and his sister, Curie, conduct experiments based on what they hear through a classroom window, making simple machines to learn more about how the world works and to help their neighbors. Includes author's notes and glossary of scientific terms.
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English
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"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this reality-bending thriller from the author of The Shining Girls, a grieving daughter's search for her mother becomes a journey across alternate realities.
It was a game they played; the other worlds, the other lives. It was part of her mom's grand delusions. It wasn't real. Unless it was...Bridget Kittinger has always been paralyzed by choices. It has a lot to do with growing up in the long shadow of her mother,...
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For readers too young for Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, this whimsical and well-founded picture book takes a leaf from a cookbook to show readers how the universe came into being. To bake a universe, you'll need a heaping pile of nothing. That's right, not a single thing! Just make sure you have enough. When you are happy with your amount of nothing, gather it all up and pop it on a baking tray. Alec Carvlin's breaks down the Big Bang...
Author
Publisher
The Innovation Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Like most of us, Frances Gabe detested housework -- she found cleaning a "nerve-twangling bore". Unlike most of us, she invented a contraption to free herself from this tedious task forever: a self-cleaning house! Gabe's wacky, wonderful home included almost 70 new patented inventions, from a soap-spraying sprinkler in the ceiling to a kitchen cabinet that washed, dried, and stored dishes all in one place. Though Gabe's invention didn't catch on,...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth. You'll whiz through space at more than 10 miles per second; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the little spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature that made the world fall in love with Pluto.
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